Wendy Grossman tracks new reasons for distrust.
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The Skeptic: Issue 88
Wendy M. Grossman on climate change denial and rationality.
The Skeptic: issue 87
Publicly endorsing science is part of skepticism, but it isn’t always easy because so many people don’t differentiate between accepting science as the best method we have for building knowledge and treating scientists as if they were gods. Individual scientists are, unfortunately, as prone to mistakes and fraud as any other group of human beings. […]
The Skeptic: issue 86
Wendy M. Grossman on open access.
Vaccination
Wendy M. Grossman on giving it a shot.
Philosophical Method
Russell Marcus on theories, intuitions, and skepticism.
What Happened to Objective Journalism?
Wendy M. Grossman has read all about it.
In Praise of Zeus
Robin Harwood finds a compelling argument for belief in an Ancient God.
The Moral Imperative to Rebel Against God
How can we reconcile a belief in a good God with the abundant suffering and evil that confronts us? Peter Fosl tries to answer the question by developing an argument from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.
The Skeptic’s Champion: an interview with Robert Carroll
Interview by Julian Baggini
The Skeptic: issue 1
Introducing our regular column, The Skeptic. Wendy Grossman is a freelance writer and founder of the The Skeptic magazine